Book of Ezekiel

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Major Prophet Neviim book of the Hebrew Bible book of the Old Testament prophetic book

The Book of Ezekiel is a prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible that records the visions and messages of the prophet Ezekiel, focusing on divine judgment, the fall and restoration of Israel, and vivid symbolic imagery.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ezekiel	6
Ezekiel 1	2
BookOfEzekiel	1
Ezekiel 18	1
Ezekiel 2:1 and following	1
Ezekiel 3	1
Ezekiel 34	1
Ezekiel 37	1
Ezekiel 38	1
Ezekiel 40	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major Prophet ⓘ Neviim ⓘ book of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ book of the Old Testament ⓘ prophetic book ⓘ
associatedWithEmpire	Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
associatedWithLocation	Chebar canal ⓘ
canonicalStatus	canonical in Catholicism ⓘ canonical in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ canonical in Judaism ⓘ canonical in Protestantism ⓘ
closingSection	description of a restored temple and land ⓘ
containsSymbolicAct	eating a scroll ⓘ lying on his side for many days ⓘ packing baggage for exile ⓘ shaving his head and beard ⓘ
containsTheme	divine judgment ⓘ fall of Jerusalem ⓘ holiness of God ⓘ individual responsibility ⓘ new covenant imagery ⓘ restoration of Israel ⓘ
containsVision	vision of the chariot ⓘ vision of the departure of the glory of the Lord ⓘ vision of the new temple ⓘ vision of the return of the glory of the Lord ⓘ vision of the valley of dry bones ⓘ
dividedInto	oracles against foreign nations ⓘ oracles of judgment against Judah and Jerusalem ⓘ oracles of restoration ⓘ
genre	apocalyptic literature precursor ⓘ prophecy ⓘ
hasKeyImage	Gog of the land of Magog ⓘ four living creatures ⓘ river flowing from the temple ⓘ wheels within wheels ⓘ
hasLanguage	Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
hasNumberOfChapters	48 ⓘ
influenced	Christian eschatology ⓘ Jewish apocalyptic literature ⓘ mystical traditions such as Merkavah mysticism ⓘ
keyChapter	Book of Ezekiel self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ezekiel 1 Book of Ezekiel self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ezekiel 18 Book of Ezekiel self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ezekiel 37 Book of Ezekiel self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ezekiel 40 Ezekiel 47 ⓘ
mainCharacter	Ezekiel ⓘ
openingVerse	“In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month” ⓘ
partOf	Bible ⓘ surface form: Christian Old Testament Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible
positionAmongMajorProphets	after Book of Jeremiah ⓘ before Book of Daniel in many Christian canons ⓘ
positionInHebrewBible	third of the Latter Prophets ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
setting	6th century BCE ⓘ Babylonian exile ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo	Ezekiel ⓘ